Ivan David (born 24 September 1952) is a
Czech psychiatrist, former
Minister of Health and former director of the Psychiatric Hospital of
Bohnice.
He graduated from Prague High School and the Faculty of General Medicine of
Charles University
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. He then worked as a psychiatrist. From 1998 to 2002, he was a Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats, and from 1998 to 1999, he was Minister of Health. He is the grandson of Jindřich Šnobl (1903-1971), a former deputy managing director of
ČKD-Stalingrad. Ivan David was a director of the psychiatric hospital in Bohnice until April 2008.
Ivan David is election leader of
Freedom and Direct Democracy in
2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
The 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic was held on 24 and 25 May 2019, electing the 21 members of the Czech delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.
The result w ...
.
On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President
Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...
of
Nicaragua
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for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop
Rolando Álvarez.
References
External links
Official site
Czech psychiatrists
1952 births
Living people
Czech Social Democratic Party MPs
Health ministers of the Czech Republic
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (1998–2002)
Charles University alumni
Czech Social Democratic Party Government ministers
Freedom and Direct Democracy MEPs
MEPs for the Czech Republic 2019–2024
Physicians from Prague
Politicians from Prague
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